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Characteristics Symptoms |
Patient Worse by |
Patient Better by |
| Apis Mellifica |
Lids swollen, red, œdematous,
inverted, inflamed; burn and sting Conjunctiva bright red, puffy
Lachrymation hot
Sudden piercing pains
Pain around orbits
Serous exudation, œdema, and sharp pains
Keratitis with intense chemosis of ocular conjunctiva
Swelling or puffing up of various parts, œdema, red rosy hue,
stinging pains, soreness, intolerance of heat, and slightest touch
Extreme sensitiveness to touch and general soreness
Constricted sensations
Sensation of stiffness and as of something torn off in the interior of
the body
Much prostration
Thirstless
Craving for milk
Burning and soreness when urinating; suppressed, loaded with casts;
frequent and involuntary; stinging pain and strangury; scanty, high
colored; last drops burn and smart
Very drowsy
Dreams full of care and toil
Screams and sudden starting during sleep |
Heat in any form Touch
Pressure
Late in afternoon
After sleeping
In closed and heated rooms
Right side |
In open air Uncovering
Cold bathing |
| Guarea Trichiloides |
Conjunctiva inflamed, swollen. Tearing pain in
eyeballs; tension, forced-out feeling. Objects appear gray, upside down. Eye
symptoms alternate with diminished hearing Sensation as if brain were
falling forwards; as from a blow on head |
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| Hepar Sulph |
Suits especially scrofulous and lymphatic
constitutions who are inclined to have eruptions and glandular swellings
Unhealthy skin
Blondes with sluggish character and weak muscles
Great sensitiveness to all impressions
Sweating patient pulling blanket around him
Tendency to suppuration
Chilliness
Splinter-like pains
Craving for sour and strong things
Feeling as if wind were blowing on some part
The side of the body on which he lies at night becomes gradually
insufferably painful; he must turn
Profuse discharge from eyes, great sensitiveness to touch and air
Eyes and lids red and inflamed
Pain in the eyes, as if pulled back into the head
Boring pain in upper bones of the orbits
Eyeballs sore to touch
Objects appear red and too large
Vision obscured by reading; field reduced one-half
Bright circles before eyes
Longing for acids, wine, and strong-tasting food
Aversion to fat food
Frequent eructations, without taste or smell
Stools clay-colored and soft; sour, white, undigested, fetid
Loss of power to expel even a soft stool
Urine voided slowly, without force-drops vertically, bladder weak; seems
as if some always remained
Greasy pellicle on urine
Sexual excitement and emission without amorous fancies
Menses late and scanty
Extremely offensive leucorrhœa; smells like old cheese |
From dry cold winds Cool air
Slightest draught
From Mercury
Touch
Lying on painful side |
In damp weather From wrapping head up
From warmth
After eating |
| Kali Iodatum |
Acts prominently on fibrous and connective tissues,
in infiltration, œdema, etc Diffused sensitiveness
Conjunctiva red, injected; profuse lachrymation
Pustular keratitis and chemosis
Bony tumors of the orbit
Saliva increased
Cold food and drink, especially milk, aggravate
Much thirst
Flatulence
Menses late, profuse
Corrosive leucorrhœa |
Warm clothing Warm room
At night
Damp weather |
Motion Open air |
| Rhus Tox |
Mucous membrane affections Affections of fibrous
tissues -joints, tendons, sheaths-aponeurosis, etc, producing pains and
stiffness
Tearing asunder pains
Motion always "limbers up" the Rhus patient, and hence he feels better
for a time from a change of position
Ailments from strains, over lifting, getting wet while perspiring
Septic conditions
Cellulitis and infections, carbuncles in early stages
Eyes swollen, red, œdematous
Orbital cellulitis
Pustular inflammations
Œdema of lids,; lids inflamed, agglutinated swollen
Eye painful on turning it or pressing, can hardly move it, as in acute
retro bulbar neuritis
Profuse gush of hot, scalding tears upon opening lids
Want of appetite for any kind of food, with unquenchable thirst
Bitter taste
Desire for milk
Great thirst, with dry mouth and throat
Drowsy after eating
Dark, turbid, high-colored, scanty urine, with white sediment
Menses early, profuse, and prolonged, acrid
Dreams of great exertion
Heavy sleep, as from stupor
Sleepless before midnight |
During sleep Cold, wet rainy weather and after
rain
At night
During rest
Drenching
When lying on back or right side |
Warm, dry weather Motion
Walking
Change of position
Rubbing
Warm applications
From stretching out limbs |
| Sulphuricum Acidum |
Tremor and weakness; everything must be done
in a hurry Hot flushes, followed by perspiration, with trembling
Tendency to gangrene following mechanical injuries
Intra-ocular hæmorrhage following traumatism
Great chemosis of conjunctiva, with aching and sharp pain
Heartburn; sour eructations; sets teeth on edge
Craving for alcohol; water causes coldness of stomach; must be
mixed with liquors
Averse to smell of coffee
Desire for fresh food
Menstruation early and profuse
Acrid, burning leucorrhœa, often of bloody mucus |
From excess of heat or cold In forenoon and
evening |
From warmth Lying on affected side |
| Vespa Crabo |
Vasomotor symptoms of skin and mucous membranes.
Dizzy, better lying on back
Fainting. Numbness and blindness
Perspiration on parts laid on with itching
Erysipelatous inflammation of lidsChemosis of conjunctiva
Menstruation, preceded by depression, pain, pressure, and constipation |
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